Group Picture 

Trip to Poland

Poland Trip

For this trip I have to post a couple of other pictures as well. One weekend we took a trip right over the border to Poland with the Sullivans, Cantrells, Karen and Jerry and Cindy, guests of Ed and Courtney. We all got rooms at this beautiful castle and enjoyed a little bit of shopping as well, including Polish pottery! This picture is taken at the castle where we stayed. Isn't it beautiful?!

Amy's Farewell Dinner in Dresden

Amy's Farewell Dinner in Dresden

We were able to go to Dresden for Amy's farewell dinner. It was said to tell her goodbye but good to spend a little more time with her before she left.

Butterfly 

Botanical Gardens

Botanical Gardens in Chemnitz

Clint and I got the chance to go to the Botanical Gardens in Chemnitz. It was so beautiful there. They also have a greenhouse which has beautiful tropical plants and all kinds of beautiful butterflies in there! Some even landed on me! We had a great time there together just enjoying the beauty!

Kathrin's baptism- July

Kathrin's baptism

At the beginning of July we were able to witness a new birth into Christ. Kathrin was baptised at the Stausee in Chemnitz! Praise God!

Hamburgers

Hamburgers!

Everyone was enjoying making their own real American hamburgers at the party!

American Summer Party

American Summer Party

At the end of the campaign we always host an American Summer Party and invite all the students in the schools to it. We play games, sing English devotional songs, have a short devo and grill real American hamburgers! Mmmm!

Last LST Party

Soccer Party

The last LST party we had was a soccer party since the World Cup had just begun it was the perfect theme. We had a great time. Here is a picture of Karen, Janine and me at the party!

Friends Camp Team

Friends Camp Team

After Friends Camp Clint and I had the opportunity to take the Friends Camp Team to Dresden for a day to sightsee. We had a good time, despite the heat. Here is a great picture of all of us.

Friends Camp- June

Talent Show

At the end of the Let's Start Talking Program every year we have a Friends Camp. A team from the States comes and organizes a weekend camp/retreat that involves lots of English, games, activities, Bible Studies and fun!

One of the traditions of Chemnitz's Friends Camp is a talent show and as you can see above I took part in an air band. That was a lot of fun. :)

Singing Campaign- June

Campaign

I am really wanting to catch up on my blog, so I will try to leave just a few short entries about he past couple of months without a lot of pictures. If you want to see more pictures you can click on the link to the right that says "my links" and click on Flickr.

In June we had a campaign group from Oklahoma come. They worked for 2 weeks in Oelsnitz and then came to Chemnitz to work for about another 2 weeks. We had a great time getting to know them all and also getting to sing with them! I really enjoyed doing that since it has been a long time since I have sung with a group.

The meeting we had was a little different this year. Instead of a normal Gospel Meeting we had the group sing more and then had short talks in between the songs explaining what the songs are about and what they mean to us as Christians.

We had a really good turnout of people every night and I think most people enjoyed it!

We climbed to the top!

Clint and I climbed to the top of the Siegessaeule (Victory Column)... 285 steps!

Boy were we tired after we climbed all the way up, but the view was worth it!

Siegessaeule (Victory Column)

Siegessaeule (Victory Column)

Here are some interesting facts that I found out on Wikipedia. A Victory column is a monument in the form of a column, erected in memory of a victorious war or battle. The column stands on a base and is crowned with a victory symbol in the form of a statue. The statue may represent the goddess Victoria (or in Germany, the goddess Germania), an eagle, or a war hero. There is a lot more information on this specific Victory Column here.

In our hotel room after the Eric Clapton concert

After the Eric Clapton concert

I really wanted to take our camera to the concert but Clint had experienced that at some concerts cameras are not allowed and he was afraid that if we took our digital camera and they didn't allow it, they would take it. So we decided not to take it. However, as soon as we got there, everyone had their digital cameras and video cameras out taking pictures of everything and we regretted not having ours. Oh well, the memories will always be in our minds! The concert was awesome! I can't describe it in words, but he still has it, that's for sure.

Denkmal fuer die ermorderten Juden Europas

Memorial for the murdered Jews of Europe

Clint and I were able to go see the new memorial in Berlin that was just opened last year. It was very sobering to see all the information about some of the families and people who were killed during this unfortunate point in time.

Brandenburg Gate

Berlin- at the Brandeburg Gate at the beginning of The World Cup

Since this was during the time of The World Cup, Berlin was crazy during this time. There were so many people there and some kind of festival was going on... probably celebrating the beginning of the games. I have to say that you have not really experienced The World Cup if you haven't experiences it in Germany. I actually watched the games. I didn't see all of them, but I was rooting for Germany all the way until the end. I was sad that they lost, but I was glad that Italy won rather than France.

Our trip to Berlin--- and Eric Clapton!!

For Clint's birthday, I bought him tickets to see Eric Clapton in concert! Starting back in November or December they were advertising for this concert and Clint saw an ad. He didn't stop talking about it for weeks. However, I guess he looked into it only to find that it was sold out in Leipzig. I checked into it further in December and found that they had tickets in Berlin still available... so knowing that this would be the most amazing birthday present for Clint... I bought them! Not only that, but I kept it a secret for 7 months!!! He had absolutely no idea and he was ecstatic to get them.

Update Part II

Here are Karen, Natasha and Nichol making smores at one of the LST parties. Natasha and Nichol are the girls from Cascade that came to do the LST Program.









Clint and I had visitors at the end of May. We had two girls from Harding University in Searcy, Arkansas. The Harding Chorus was doing a European tour and came and did a concert in Chemnitz. It was fun for me to hear such a great choir singing beautiful music... sometimes I miss singing so much!






The weekend after Clint's birthday we had a game night/birthday party. We played lots of fun games and of course had a lot of junk food. :)












I made Clint a pineapple praline cake for his birthday! And no, I didn't put 29 candles on the cake. I actually shaped the candles into 29. :) I got the recipe from my Mom and last year it was a big hit with him since he loves pineapple.

Update Time

Ok, I guess it's time to do some serious updating. The last two months have been chaoticly busy (if that's a word). They were busy, but they were also really good. I will try to do an overall update with pictures and hopefully it won't be too long.

So here goes May:

One of my fellow HIM workers, Allison Hrezcuch got married! Allison and Grady got married on May 11th at a castle in Dresden, Germany. What a beautiful place to have a wedding! Grady is American and he works for a company in Dresden and has a contract to work there until December so I'm very happy that they will be in Dresden at least through December. Congratulations Allison and Grady!!


Here is a picture of Clint and I at Allison and Grady's wedding. There were beautiful lilacs that smelled so good in the background! I just love Germany!





One day several of us went to visit our dear friend and sister Gisela at a physical therapy/rehabilitation center. She has had several surgeries on her hip and I think she is finally feeling much better after her last surgery. Unfortunately she had some problems with her eye and had to have surgery on that so she could still use your prayers!



We had a Let's Start Talking (LST) Team come from Cascade College for 6 weeks to read with people who are interested in learning/approving their English. Spencer is the guy in the black and he is one of the members of the team. Every week they hosted an LST party and planned games and activities all in English and invited anyone who was interested.


The rest of my update is to be continued...

Trip to the States

I must apologize for my long absence from the blogger world. What can I say, though? I really have no excuse except for I just didn't take the time to post anything.

I thought I would try to get back into the swing of things with a post about our trip to the States.

The first picture is of Clint and I (and Clint's dad in the background) eating what is called an "Elephant Ear." It was a first for me, but it was really good and actually is pretty similar to a funnel cake.


This next picture is of me being not happy about the snow that was on the ground when we woke up on the 2nd or 3rd morning in Ohio. I was so ready for Spring weather and to get away from the long, cold winter of Germany and was very displeased to see this in the States.








We were able to be in Ohio for Clint's Mom's birthday. This is a picture of Hayley (Clint's niece) and his Mom, Sue. We had a good time with a lot of the family coming over for a really yummy dinner and of course there was cake and ice cream and presents!








When we got to Oklahoma we had a great time visiting with our families and I especially enjoyed spending lots of time with my nieces. This is Claire! She is 6 months old.











This is my sister Amy and my niece Ashlyn. She is 13 months old. I had a great time with the girls! :)











I just love this picture. :) It was taken at Applebees on my birthday. This is my sister-in-law Lana, my niece Claire, and my Dad. They all look so happy!











While we were in Oklahoma we are able to get together with Josh and Amanda Nichols, two of my best friends! We had a great time going to dinner with them and then just sitting around for several hours and talking. I miss them so much!









For my birthday, Amanda and April gave me this Birthday Princess hat. Ashlyn really liked it a lot, so I let her wear it later and play with it. She actually had one very similar to it for her first birthday! :)

Well, this is a glimpse of what our trip to the States was like. I hope you all enjoyed!